Dreamweaver CS4 positioning way off!!!

Does anybody know why my Dreamweaver CS4 positioning is WAY off of what appears on any browser? It's not just a couple pixels, it's like over a hundred in each direction. Text and image containers look perfect on DW, but in Safari they're about 100 too high and too far left... then in Firefox they're so far down the page that I can't find middle ground between the two (and then my DW looks so messed up its confusing to work with). I found in CS3 there were some variances, but not like this. Editing this page sucks and I'm so new to web design that my head is going to explode from the frustration. Help!

Pictures don't tell us what's happening under the hood. 99% of rendering/layout problems are in your code. Get some remote server space or make a TEST folder on client's server. Upload problem page and dependent files to the TEST FOLDER then post a URL here so we can see everything in context. If that isn't possible yet, you can copy and insert code into your message here by using the double blue arrows >> Syntax Highlighting > Plain. Remember to show us both your CSS and HTML code.
In the meantime, run your code through these 2 on-line validation tools and fix any reported errors:
HTML Validator - http://validator.w3.org
CSS Validator - http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
Also, read why AP Divisions or layers are not a good primary layout method:
http://apptools.com/examples/pagelayout101.php
Nancy O.
Alt-Web Design & Publishing
Web | Graphics | Print | Media Specialists
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Hallo Community!
Ich habe mich heute hier registriert, und dies ist auch mein erster Beitrag, allerdings habe ich schon des "öfteren" auch hier nach relevanten Hilfen für mich gesucht und diese auch meistens gefunden, allerdings hänge ich jetzt wieder bei einem Problem das so einfach (für mich) im Moment nicht zu lösen ist. Auf jeden Fall freut es mich, jetzt aktiv angemeldet zu sein und hoffe auf eine gute Zusammenarbeit! Es ist mir auch wichtig zu sagen, dass dies nicht das erste Forum ist, wo ich dieses Problem poste, ich bitte euch allerdings dies nicht als eine Art von "Spam" zu sehen, sonder es geht mir darum mehr Meinungen zu dem Problem einzuholen! Danke!
Zum Projekt - Kenntnissen:
Ich mache im Moment im Dreamweaver CS4 eine Website für meinen Vater, und mein bisheriges Wissen habe ich aus Tuts, Learning by Doing, teilweisen Programmierkenntnissen aus dem Studium und viel Mühe Ich möchte allerdings tiefer in das Thema einsteigen und werde mir deshalb in naher Zukunft literarische Unterstützung besorgen ! Dies am Rande damit ihr evtl. nicht schockiert seid, wie ich die Seite bis jetzt "gebaut" habe!
Aber nun zu meinem Problem:
Zuerst die Seite: www.multimedia-horvath.at
Nun folgendes, ich habe ein allgemeines Problem mit den AP - Divs bzw. allgemein mit der Positionierung von Grafiken uä.! Nur hatte das bis dato nicht den Effekt dass ich nicht weiterarbeiten konnte - jetzt schon!
Es ist so, dass ich auf der Portfolio --> Multimedia Seite rechts daneben ein AP Div hinzufügen möchte um jeden einzelnen Punkt der SUbnavi mit anderem Content darzustellen!
D.h. also. dass ich über die Hauptnavi Portfolio zur Subnavi komme, und dann dort zB auf "Multimedia" klicke und dann rechts daneben Content + Image steht. Ich habe (werde) zu diesem Zwecke den Code der jeweiligen Seite kopieren und bis auf die Beschriftung und den Content beim selben belassen. (Man hat mir von Frames, Iframes abgeraten )
Allerdings ist es nun so, dass ich die Buttons der Subnavi testweise einmal in div-tags eingebettet habe, und einmal als normale img´s importiert habe. Soweit so gut, die SubNavi passt dann im Groben auch, aber wenn ich dann versuche ein ap-div mit img´s und content rechts daneben zu platzieren verschiebt sich erstens alles und das ap-div ist dann plötzlich über meinem Header, und da hilft dann auch kein verschieben nichts mehr ! --> Dies passiert alles wenn ich die Position auf "Relativ" gestellt habe. Anders bei absolut, da steht das Ding dann wo ich es hin"mache", aber auch nicht unbedingt ganz genau, denn im Design Modus steht es dann komplett anders als im Live-View oder im Browser!
kann es denn sein, dass ich irgendeine Grundeinstellung falsch habe? Dass mein absoluter Punkt bereits falsch gesetzt ist und davon ableitend auch mit dem relativen Positionen etwas nicht stimmt?
Leider habe ich dieses Problem auch bereits auf der Homeseite, allerdings habe ichs da durch langes probieren und versuchen geschafft dass es zumindes vernünftig dargestellt wird, glücklich bin ich damit aber nicht wirklich.
So, ich hoffe dass mein Problem verständlich ist, und würde mich über Kommentare von eurer Seite sehr freuen!
Auch über jedwede konstruktive Kritik zu dem bisherig "gebauten" nehme ich sehr gerne entgegen!
€dit: Was mir noch eingefallen ist:
oftmals ist meine Entwurfs bzw. Live-Ansicht komplett anderst wie dann im Browser - ich meine im Prinzip kein Problem solange es in den Browsern dann passt, aber kann es denn sein dass im Entwurf teilweise alles auf einer anderen Position ist zB und im Browser dann stimmt ?
Vielen Dank im Voraus,
LG

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except for the Apache virtual host configuration, which I do not see a need for
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of an
annoyance than a bug.
When working with CSS, I use multiple CSS files and when I
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click on
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on and
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Kind of annoying, right?
I demand this to be fixed! ;)

Art,
I guess you didn't understand what I meant by "focus". Let me
try to
explain in terms of your recipe -- all you need is a slight
change in
workflow:
> 1. Open page with multiple style sheets applied
> 2. Have split screen
> 3. click on one style sheet and edit it anywhere. After
editing, the
> rounded box will be black and have an asterisk applied
At this point, the style sheet has "focus", so click Ctrl+S
now, before
you click back in Design View (which changes the "focus" back
to the
main document).
FYI, if you're clicking in Design View to update the
rendering, you can
hit F5 to update the main document rendering without giving
it "focus".
> 4. Click back to page in design view.
> 5. Click control save. It doesn't save the style sheet
that is
> highlighted and has an asterisk.
> 6. In order to save you must "save all" or click off
and then on
> to the style sheet.
Hope this helps,
Randy
Art wrote:
> Let me restate the problem so it's clear what is
happening.
>
> 1. Open page with multiple style sheets applied
> 2. Have split screen
> 3. click on one style sheet and edit it anywhere. After
editing, the
> rounded box will be black and have an asterisk applied
> 4. Click back to page in design view.
> 5. Click control save. It doesn't save the style sheet
that is
> highlighted and has an asterisk.
> 6. In order to save you must "save all" or click off and
then on to the
> style sheet.
>
> Perhaps this is more an issue of focus rather than a
function of the
> save command.
>
> Since it's not saving, perhaps Dreamweaver shouldn't be
displaying the
> black rounded box as it is no longer selected when you
click back into
> Design view.
>
> Of course there are ways around this; it's just a little
annoying that
> it's displaying "active" yet it's not.

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To be honest, all you really need is a crappy old computer
and Notepad.
I'll admit that this may be a really bare-bones way to start,
though.
In my opinion, the best was would be to get the Adobe
Creative Suite 4 Web
Premium package. It is a pricey bird, though ($1,699 domestic
for a full
copy - not upgrade). I'm assuming you want to stick with
Dreamweaver.
Murray --- ICQ 71997575
Adobe Community Expert
(If you *MUST* email me, don't LAUGH when you do so!)
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> Thanks, Walt -- that may be the best route, although
first I'll have to
> add
> some RAM to the puny 512 megs I have now. Still, that's
easy and cheap
> enough
> to do, and will improve my aging PC in any case.
> I'm not using Dreamweaver now. I've been a print editor
at newspapers
> for
> 36 years. About two years ago I was transferred
half-time to my
> newspaper's Web
> site, which uses OpenCMS. Little training provided and
no manual, of
> course. I
> had to teach myself, and I've worked hard at it &
picked up a good bit of
> HTML
> and CSS. Built my own personal site on the side by hand.
Fascinating stuff
> to
> learn.
> Old friend of mine runs a small business and is unhappy
with his poky
> Web
> site. He asked me for suggestions. I drew up a list and
then decided
> showing is
> better than telling, so I cloned his source code,
altered it some and
> worked up
> a prototype that he really liked. Then he offered to
hire me to do a
> complete
> redesign!
> Everybody knows what's happening to newspapers. I'm
seeing an
> opportunity
> here to maybe build a little part-time business -- if I
can satisfy this
> guy,
> maybe I can help others, too. But to do a professional
job I'd need more
> training, and professional tools as well. But: What do I
need to buy? And
> shall
> I make the investment and take the risk? (One-quarter of
our newsroom was
> laid
> off last week -- 45 people!)
>
>

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plucinskij wrote:
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Note: I'm only sure this works in CS3, can't be sure about CS4.
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3. Tab over to where the indent SHOULD be (in your opinion).
4. Turn auto-indent back on using that same icon in step 1.
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Hope this helps. Thanks.

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It would appear that Adobe is ignoring Apple's Application Programming Guidelines, because [command]-+ works for every other application that runs on a Macintosh (though I'm not using BBEdit which I would imagine would be a similar code editor).
So, there is a workaround that will work, though it's kind of nasty.
Open up your System Preferences. Click on Universal Access. With the "Seeing" tab selected, turn on the Zoom.
Hold down [option]-[command]-+
The area you are working on will zoom in.
You can turn on and off Zoom assistance using [option]-[command]-8 if you don't want to have to go into your System Preferences>Universal Access controls to get this turned on quickly while you are writing code.
I do note that in Leopard (I am not using Snow Leopard) the Universal Access control tells me that zoom in is [option]-[command]-= and that is true on the regular keyboard, but I have an extended keyboard and I am used to pressing the "+" key on the number keypad (which works).
I realize that using this control is a workaround and that it would probably be a good thing for Adobe to try to get their applications to better fit Apple's guidelines.

Can't see Remote data in Dreamweaver CS4

I have a site that I have had for years and recently changed from a real old version of Dreamweaver to Dreamweaver CS4. I had trouble getting my FTP to work so I used an external program to move the files. The files have been uploaded and the site is active on the Internet so I know there are there.
When I use Dreamweaver, the only thing I can see is the "/" that represents the root folder. All the site definitions say that it can connect to my server, it just does not show the files.
Any ideas?
Thanks, Fred

Hi,
here I'll quote a hint from Nancy O. for DW applications:
Try toggling Passive and/or Secure FTP on/off.
Your web host might have changed upload requirements to improve security.
Another thing to check is your Anti-virus and Firewall settings. If they are too restrictive, DW may not have permission to connect to the remote server.
Hans-G.

Problems to Download Dreamweaver CS4 with Akamai Download Manager!

I want to download Dreamweaver CS4 Italian Windows Trial version.
I have Internet Explorer 7, PC with OS Windows XP x64bit Corporate, Core2Quad Q9650, Motherboard MSI P45Platinum with Ethernet 10/100/1000,
4GBRAM,3 HDD 500GB WesternDigital,Nvidia GeForce 9400GT.
I have installed "Akamai Download Manager ActiveX" control asked on the top of window popup.
Clicked Yes:Installation confirmation.
But I have tried to click the button "Download" and just one window with this message appears and disappears immediately:
Per scaricare il software è necessario installare Akamai Download Manager...
Problemi di download?
Assistenza per il download...
Il sistema non dispone dei requisiti minimi per eseguire Akamai Download Manager.
(The system doesn't meets the minimum system requirements to run Akamai Download Manager.)
I can't download anything. Why?
I have disable Pop-ups Blocker, and disabled also Anti-Phishing Filter.
Disabled also Antivirus and the Firewall.
Set and lowered Security Protection from Tools>Internet Options: to "Medium"; and also, another time, set to "Personalized" with all the controls
switched to "Active".
Set Privacy>Settings>"Accetta tutti i cookie"(lowered to full bottom).
I have read this Akamai Download Manager FAQ:
-"Nothing happens when I click the download link"
If nothing happened after you clicked the download link, either your pop-up blocker or a high security setting on your web browser may have stopped
the Akamai DLM window from opening.
If you have a pop-up blocker enabled in your web browser or in your Internet toolbar (such as the Yahoo! toolbar or the Google toolbar), you will
need to disable your pop-up blocker to start your download. For additional information, and for instructions on changing your security setting, see
the "Akamai Download Manager system requirements" (ServiceNote kb400530).
Note: The download manager can sometimes take up to a minute to load. Please allow time for the initial loading before assuming there is a problem
Thus, I have followed this rules in Akamai Download Manager System Requirements:
Internet Explorer 7
1) Access your Internet options from the Windows Control Panel (Internet Options) or by selecting Tools > Internet Options in Internet Explorer
2) Select the Security Tab
3) Click Custom Level
4) Scroll through the list of security options and set:
-ActiveX controls and plug-ins > Download signed ActiveX controls > Enable or Prompt
-ActiveX controls and plug-ins > Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins > Enable or Prompt
-ActiveX controls and plug-ins > Script ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting > Enable or Prompt
-Downloads > File download > Enable
-Miscellaneous > Allow script-initiated windows without size or position constraints > Enable
-Scripting > Active scripting > Enable
5) Click OK
6) Click OK again
But nothing changes.
On my PC I have also this installation: "J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 5" and "Java(TM)6 Update 15".
But the download doesn't start at all.
1) How can I do to download Dreamweaver CS4-Windows-ITALIAN language?
2) Is it possible to download 364.8 MegaBytes without Akamai Download Manager?
Please Hurry!
Horsepower0171.

another option you may have is resettofactory
start- run- type:
cmd
press enter
type:
cd c:\program files\common files\research in motion\apploader
press enter
type:
loader.exe /resettofactory
press enter
please perform a backup first
test your browser before you restore your backup, and to be ssafe I would do a selective restore
open DTM, go to backup/restore- advanced
top left click on file-open
find your backup, it will load on the left side
you current working BB will be on the right side
transfer ONLY the absolute important databases from the left to the right(address, cal, phone logs, messages, sms, tasks, memo)... dont do any that you dont know and dont do any OPTIONS ones
Message Edited by drizzt09 on 07-13-2009 08:40 PM

Dreamweaver CS4 positioning way off!!!

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